Anonymous
08/04/2022 07:23
Subject: fruit at farmer market
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you're getting organic fruit from a farmer's market, that means it was picked more recently and will be fresher/sweeter.
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Even non organic food from a farmers market will be picked more recently and will probably taste better.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 20:45
Subject: fruit at farmer market
Anonymous wrote:If you're getting organic fruit from a farmer's market, that means it was picked more recently and will be fresher/sweeter.
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Anonymous
08/03/2022 19:40
Subject: fruit at farmer market
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My friends tell me that I should go to farmer market to get fruit since I get strawberries, blueberries and apples every single week at giant/Safeway.
They say it is organic and healthier for my kids. Farmer market mean the farm pick your own (eg butler or homestead) or go to those Saturday farm market eg Saturday kentland or Saturday at Rockville town center market?
Do those fruit stay longer, more fresh and more healthier or taste better from farmer market? Are they similar prices?
So the farmer markets produce is not selected for long shelf life. Let use peaches as an example. A commercial orchard will grow one or two types of peaches. They will be ripe during a two week period. These varieties of peaches will have long shelve life but they will not taste great. These peaches have been developed to be shipped and need a long shelve life. Same with tomatoes.
The farmer who grow just for farmers markets will have a variety of peaches all selected for taste and harvest times. They will have a bunch of varieties that come in at different times of the year. So the peaches you get early in the year are different from the ones later in the year. This will apply to most of the berries. They also will tent their crops to extend the year.
The fruit will not have an extended shelve life, will taste better(tomatoes, fruit, melons, broccoli and cauliflower are a lot better), definitely fresher. Healthier who knows. You tend to eat more if it is fresh and taste better. You will have to buy around the seasons ie no blueberries in January. The supermarket will have them but they are from Chile.
+1 Just to add if you find a stand alone market on a farm that’s open year round they often get deliveries like a supermarket so you will get fruit in winter, albeit more limited. They tend to source differently than supermarket though and seems they utilize smaller vendors so quality remains high. In winter I can get 5+ apple varieties, lemons, limes, bananas, cranberries, pomegranate, blueberries, oranges, nectarines, strawberries usually in late February, probably a few other things on a rotating basis just depends what they get in that week. It’s enough that I still rarely need to utilize a grocery store for fruit. There are a few weeks in January/February that are kind of bare but I can live with it or grab something at the grocery store that week.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 19:28
Subject: fruit at farmer market
They definitely stay longer, I bought farm fresh blackberries last Wednesday and they’re still perfect in the fridge.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 19:01
Subject: fruit at farmer market
Farmers market is where you go to purchase directly from farmers, but at a pick your own it would be the same produce.
It’s not necessarily organic produce at the farmer’s market but it will be local and they are likely (though not guaranteed) to use more responsible farming practices and so will have more nutrition, and they can pick varieties that the corporate farmers can’t so there are different flavors to farmer’s market foods.
It’s not necessarily organic produce at the farmer’s market but it will be local and they are likely (though not guaranteed) to use more responsible farming practices and so will have more nutrition, and they can pick varieties that the corporate farmers can’t so there are different flavors to farmer’s market foods.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 18:38
Subject: fruit at farmer market
More expensive. Tastes WAY better.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 13:32
Subject: fruit at farmer market
DD is working at a farm this summer and they sell at farmers markets. She also gets to take stuff home. The garlic and basil are so fresh, we made the best batch of pesto! Raspberries, melons don’t last as long like other PPs have said. But they’re organic and so fresh.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 13:25
Subject: fruit at farmer market
Anonymous wrote:My friends tell me that I should go to farmer market to get fruit since I get strawberries, blueberries and apples every single week at giant/Safeway.
They say it is organic and healthier for my kids. Farmer market mean the farm pick your own (eg butler or homestead) or go to those Saturday farm market eg Saturday kentland or Saturday at Rockville town center market?
Do those fruit stay longer, more fresh and more healthier or taste better from farmer market? Are they similar prices?
So the farmer markets produce is not selected for long shelf life. Let use peaches as an example. A commercial orchard will grow one or two types of peaches. They will be ripe during a two week period. These varieties of peaches will have long shelve life but they will not taste great. These peaches have been developed to be shipped and need a long shelve life. Same with tomatoes.
The farmer who grow just for farmers markets will have a variety of peaches all selected for taste and harvest times. They will have a bunch of varieties that come in at different times of the year. So the peaches you get early in the year are different from the ones later in the year. This will apply to most of the berries. They also will tent their crops to extend the year.
The fruit will not have an extended shelve life, will taste better(tomatoes, fruit, melons, broccoli and cauliflower are a lot better), definitely fresher. Healthier who knows. You tend to eat more if it is fresh and taste better. You will have to buy around the seasons ie no blueberries in January. The supermarket will have them but they are from Chile.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 13:08
Subject: fruit at farmer market
I buy it because it tastes better. A summer peach or tomato from a farmers market is the best!
Anonymous
08/03/2022 12:50
Subject: fruit at farmer market
For me it depends. I actually really don't like berries from the farmer's market because I find they are way more delicate and I have to use them right away.
I think peaches and nectarines and apples are great.
Tomatoes and other veggies are great, but sometimes the tomatoes are SUPER ripe and need to be eaten in a day or two.
I buy most of my produce at the supermarket and am way less picky about it if I'm cooking/roasting it. For example, this week, I have fancy heirloom tomatoes I am using quickly on sandwiches and burgers. I have vine ripened supermarket tomatoes (great this time of year) that I use in salads. And I have crappier Romas that I roast.
We just finished peaches from the farmers which were great, blueberries from Safeway which were also great, and I am working my way through a watermelon and some Whole Foods apples. I cut and prepped a tons of peaches and cherries for pies last month (in the freezer).
If I bought all our produce at the market I'd be broke and out of produce on Wednesday.
I think peaches and nectarines and apples are great.
Tomatoes and other veggies are great, but sometimes the tomatoes are SUPER ripe and need to be eaten in a day or two.
I buy most of my produce at the supermarket and am way less picky about it if I'm cooking/roasting it. For example, this week, I have fancy heirloom tomatoes I am using quickly on sandwiches and burgers. I have vine ripened supermarket tomatoes (great this time of year) that I use in salads. And I have crappier Romas that I roast.
We just finished peaches from the farmers which were great, blueberries from Safeway which were also great, and I am working my way through a watermelon and some Whole Foods apples. I cut and prepped a tons of peaches and cherries for pies last month (in the freezer).
If I bought all our produce at the market I'd be broke and out of produce on Wednesday.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 12:46
Subject: fruit at farmer market
Farmer's market fruit will stay fresh slightly longer (because it's more freshly picked/coming to you) but may have fewer pesticides/preservatives so may be less shelf-stable. However, it will only be local, seasonal fruit, so you won't be able to get strawberries, blueberries, and apples every week. Right now, you'll probably be able to get peaches, blackberries, and maybe blueberries and white peaches, depending on the farmer.
A pick your own farm like Butler is more of an ~experience~ for the kids and will be expensive. Go to whatever no-frills farmstand is closest/most convenient to you for the cheapest prices. Try several vendors until you find the one(s) with the freshest produce or the types of fruit you like best.
A pick your own farm like Butler is more of an ~experience~ for the kids and will be expensive. Go to whatever no-frills farmstand is closest/most convenient to you for the cheapest prices. Try several vendors until you find the one(s) with the freshest produce or the types of fruit you like best.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 12:43
Subject: fruit at farmer market
If you're getting organic fruit from a farmer's market, that means it was picked more recently and will be fresher/sweeter.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 12:41
Subject: fruit at farmer market
I don’t think they stay longer. I do think they are usually riper and taste better. They may be organic or use IPM to reduce pesticides or they may not. They are usually the same price or a little more expensive.
Anonymous
08/03/2022 12:17
Subject: fruit at farmer market
My friends tell me that I should go to farmer market to get fruit since I get strawberries, blueberries and apples every single week at giant/Safeway.
They say it is organic and healthier for my kids. Farmer market mean the farm pick your own (eg butler or homestead) or go to those Saturday farm market eg Saturday kentland or Saturday at Rockville town center market?
Do those fruit stay longer, more fresh and more healthier or taste better from farmer market? Are they similar prices?
They say it is organic and healthier for my kids. Farmer market mean the farm pick your own (eg butler or homestead) or go to those Saturday farm market eg Saturday kentland or Saturday at Rockville town center market?
Do those fruit stay longer, more fresh and more healthier or taste better from farmer market? Are they similar prices?